Oklahoma ranks below the national average in the number of moms who breast feed. Health officials are hoping to change that.

Sarah Taylor's son Jaxon was recently born and has already been getting the best nutrients from his mom. But it isn't Taylor first time to breastfeed. She has a toddler at home.

"I feel like I'm a pro at breast feeding," said Taylor. "I feel like I've been doing it forever. But I forgot what it's like to breast feed an infant. It's a totally different animal than breast feeding a toddler"

Taylor says she received some good reminders from the lactation specialists at OU Medical Center.

"It's not about making mothers breast feed," said Becky Mannel, a lactation specialist. "It's about making breastfeeding easier for the mothers who have chosen to do so."

Twenty-four Oklahoma hospitals are participating in a program called Ban the Bags which aims to stop the practice of giving new moms a bag of free formula samples.

"We're promoting one company over another and completely undoing the message that we just gave to our patients," said Mannel.

OU Medical quit giving out free formula years ago but didn't get rid of formula altogether.

"Sometimes breast feeding mothers have medical challenges, so we always need good, safe formula in the hospital setting," said Mannel.

"It was a nice little bonus to see that more things are being done to encourage an early breastfeeding relationship between moms and babies," said Taylor.

Integris Baptist Medical Center is also taking part in the program. Mercy hospital says it is not.